Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-10
was accepted with rousing three cheers
and tiger, and also standing vote.

PACS4tAOhE vi luC NAaSs ~
tending au invitation 10 the veterans TO
visit the club rooms
La behalf of the committee of recep-
ton Captain Thomas j. West, in choice
three minutes speech, extended an invi-
tation to all the veterans to visit the the
ster at night, tickets to be furnished them
by the committee.
Also to attend banquet at the Pick
wick hotel
Communication from Rhine, photo
grspher, asking the privilege of taking
the pictures CT the veterans as they left
the hall.
Ali invitations accepted.
Adjourned until 230 .. m. to meet at
Dsggett's hall.
EVENING SESSION.
Two o'clock found the spacious pre-
cincts of DaggetG hall well filed with vet
Grams and visitors. This has been the IN
official headquarters Of the veterans since
their arrival and yesterday and day before
it was well filed. Captain E. B. Dsggett
WAS in his glory. Everything Was free.
Hall, lights and carriages, all free. In
one corner was an improvised bar, where
everyone who desired could "teke little
suthin," said "suthin" having been
donated by Messrs. Casey & Swasey,
Charles Scheuber and 4. G. Rintleman.
Denny Mountain WAS high priest and YVES
kept busy at times, but not a solitary case
Of even semi-intoxication Wss noticeable.
And speaking Of speeches!
You should have heard them. It IVES q
time for speech, absolute free speech.
Everybody had something to say and
everybody else wanted TO say something.
all %1&a nd
many Of them for the first time made
speech. They are not in love with the
government specially for what it has done
for them in the way Of pensions, but they
are still young enough to shoulder mus
ket If necessary in its defense.
1t WAS love feast.
Mr.. J. r. Malone Of Dallas took the
stage and read the following telegram:
MISSISSIPPI CITY, MISS, Nov. Q, 1887.
E. B. Daggett, Commander, Fors Wor h, Tex:
l sincerely regret physical inability to
meet the Mexican war veterans as in
vited. God bless the survivors.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
He made 8 few eulogistic remarks
about Mr.. Davis and then three cheers
were given for him with q will; three
more for General Phil Sheridan (another
absent comradO; three more for Cleye-
land and Mrs. Cleveland, "Who com.
mands the Commander"
The following was handed in and read:
OFFICE OF THE 'KENTUCKIAN CITIZEN"
PARIS, ny, Nov. ., 1881
Fort Worth Gazette, Fort Worth, Tex:
As will not be able to attend the Ne
tionel Convention of Mexican Veterans,
please mail me numbers of your psper
containing the proceedings. Tell the
convention that I an heartily with them
in wanting the siXty-tWo years clause re-
pealed. 4 veteran of 1912 OF
my town when seventy-tWo years
old welded 8 girl in her teens, and now
she flourishes as young widow on his
pension, and hope to get some one to
do the same On my Mexican war pension,
but sixty-tWo yesrs the girls refuse to
wait for, and therefore if that clause is
not repealed, die bachelor.
Although my paper is over eighty-one
years Old | an not g pensioner yet.
Yours. etc, J. G. CRADDOCK.
4 ringing resolution WAS introduced by
Major Estes, returning the thanks of the
Association to the Fort Worth GAZETTE
for its efforts in behalf Of the veterans,
and passed unanimously.
Another, thanking the people of Fort
Worth, enjoyed the same gooo fortune.
An adjournment WAS then announced
until to-day.
NOTES.
John Lsw came from Chain Lake Gen.
ter, MINI, and recognized some OF his
old comrades and found the old military
well, after thirty odd years. absence.
Judge Hare wants the Mexican veter-
ans persioned, but if it must come By
robbirg the country with a dependent
pension bill then ne will starve IL out
without any.
People writing about Fort Worth ought
to get their facts from some one who
knows.
Mrs. Captain W. E. Kennedy deserves
much praise and the thanks of our citizens
for her efforts in securing the beautiful
banner presented the veterans.
It is safe to assume that General Lane
will not get separated from his property
on the cars again if he can help It.
1t would take forty-four pages Of the
GAZETTE to publish al the speeches
made that deserve publishing.
| The vets looked gay IN their new
badges.
II you don't think General MsxeY has a
firm hold on the affections Of the people
Just try to make him let go.
The war relics exhibited by Captain M
B. Lloyd, attracted much attention.
General McFadin will allow you to kiss
his mother-in-law as soon as he finds one
The eagle bird did scream.
4 good many of the veterans visited the
commercial club.
General Manson can have the town ii
he wants it.
4 man under fifty feels like looking
around for rattle an q nursing bottle
Captain Eph Daggett is four regiments
with every man in good condition.
Judge Hare has been playing the kii
for forty years, but his old comrades tolc
on him, and he had to confess to being ii
the Mexican war.
Colonel Abe Harris can shatter more
cobweb tsles Of fiction in minute thai
tradition can invent in an age.
Fort Worth should remember kind,
the Firemen's Band. Not only was tn
music furnished tirst-class but the man
her in which it was furnished was gener
Gus and patriotic.
: Oh, no! Maybe Ward did not max
the veterans laugh. It must have beef
someone in Denmark that tickled the m